Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

District of Columbia ranks #44 among US states for total patents filed all time, with 13,175 patents from 3,063 inventors across 1 city. On a per-capita basis that is 19.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.

Top Cities in District of Columbia All Time

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 Washington, DC 13,175 3,063

Top Inventors in District of Columbia All Time

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira Washington Capital One Services 348
2 Adam Koeppel Washington Capital One Services 172
3 Abdelkadar M'Hamed Benkreira Washington Capital One Services 162
#4 Zia Chishti Washington Afiniti 156
#5 Ophir Frieder Washington Georgetown University 154
#6 Casey Alexander HUKE Washington Adrenalineip 116
#7 Kaitlin Newman Washington Capital One Services 95
#8 Chris J. Katopis Washington Unknown 87
#9 Andrew Wright Washington IBM 84
#10 Jurgen H. Daniel Washington Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 80
#11 Muhammad Chishti Washington Align Technology 77
#12 Salik Shah Washington Capital One Services 76
#13 Peter Kwong Washington The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 74
#14 Xiaoxiao Chen Washington Huawei 68
#15 Sophie Bermudez Washington Capital One Services 61
#16 Upendra Bhalchandra Shevade Washington Amazon 60
#17 Lukiih Cuan Washington Capital One Services 54
#18 John S. Lettow Washington Vorbeck Materials 53
#19 Edward G. Katz Washington IBM 50
#20 Arnold L. Berman Washington Rkf Engineering Solutions 49
#21 N. Leigh Anderson Washington Large Scale Proteomics 47
#22 Matthew J. McMahon Washington Second Sight Medical Products 46
#23 Kevin A. Gray Washington Verenium 43
#24 Charles R. Kollar Washington Covidien Lp 41
#24 Luke A. Hammock Washington Capital One Services 41

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